List of Anolis lizards

The large lizard genus Anolis contains around 436 accepted anole (US: /əˈn.li/ ) species,[1] which have been considered in a number of subgroups, or clades such as carolinensis and isolepis.[2]

Nota bene: In the following list, a taxon authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a different genus.

A

Anolis allisoni
Video of Anolis aquaticus in Costa Rica

B

A. barbatus
A. bartschi
A. biporcatus, neotropical green anole, in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Holotype specimens of A. b. southernlandi
Holotype specimens of A. b. samanae
Holotype specimens of A. b. sublimis

C

Male A. carolinensis with partially expanded dewlap
A. cybotes in a garden in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic

D

E

A. equestris at Boston Museum of Science

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

A. luteogularis

M

A. marmoratus

N

O

Male A. oculatus the montanus colour phase
Male A. oculatus the winstoni colour phase

P

A. polylepis in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, bobbing its head and extending a large yellow dewlap
A. porcatus in a garden in northwest Cuba
A. pulchellus in a garden in northwest Cuba

Q

R

S

Anolis sagrei, brown anole

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

References

  1. ^ Anolis. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ Nicholson, Kristen A.; Crother, Brian I.; Guyer, Craig; Savage, Jay M. (11 September 2012). "It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata:Dactyloidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3447: 1–108. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3477.1.1. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  3. ^ Lotzkat S, Bienentreu JF, Hertz A, Köhler G [in French] (2011). "A new species of Anolis Squamata: Iguania: Dactyloidae formerly referred to as A. pachypus from the Cordillera de Talamanca of western Panama and adjacent Costa Rica". Zootaxa. 3125: 1–21.
  4. ^ a b c Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Anolis evermanni, p. 86; A. fraseri, p. 94; A. ortonii, p. 196, A. schmidti, p. 236).
  5. ^ Mahler, D. Luke; Lambert, Shea M.; Geneva, Anthony J.; Ng, Julienne; Hedges, S. Blair; Losos, Jonathan B.; Glor, Richard E. (2016). "Discovery of a Giant Chameleon-Like Lizard (Anolis) on Hispaniola and Its Significance to Understanding Replicated Adaptive Radiations". The American Naturalist. 188 (3): 357–64. doi:10.1086/687566. hdl:10150/621299. PMID 27501092. S2CID 206004123.
  6. ^ Freddy A. Grisales-Martínez; Julián A. Velasco; Wilmar Bolívar; Ernest E. Williams; Juan M. Daza (2017). "The taxonomic and phylogenetic status of some poorly known Anolis species from the Andes of Colombia with the description of a nomen nudum taxon". Zootaxa. 4303 (2): 213–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4303.2.2.

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